Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Jeff Bezos thinks trying to get revenge on Gawker is a waste of time | The Verge

"Bezos quoted Confucius (or at least the apocryphal version of him), saying "Seek revenge, and you shall dig two graves, one for yourself." His criticism wasn't much more pointed than that, however. He painted it mainly as simply a bad idea for a billionaire to waste their time on — that as public figures they ought to just learn to deal with media criticism: "The best defense to speech that you don't like about yourself as a public figure is to develop a thick skin." Sitting in the room, you got the sense that Bezos felt the whole thing was just kind of petty. "If you absolutely can't tolerate critics," he said, "then don't do anything new or interesting.""